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The Largest Mass Repatriation in Hong Kong's History Exposes the Coercive Nature of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) By He Yuancun
(Clearwisdom.net) On the eve of July 1, 2007 (the CCP's birthday) the
CCP manipulated the Hong Kong authorities to refuse entry and carry out forcible
mass repatriation of Falun Gong practitioners. According to incomplete
statistics, the Hong Kong police have repatriated 520 people from Taiwan, and
another 270 people from Taiwan were either refused an entry visa or could not
board the plane in Taiwan. Altogether, more than 800 people from Taiwan were
unlawfully refused entry into Hong Kong, making it the largest mass repatriation
in Hong Kong's history. This unlawful action has aroused great concern from the
international community over "one country, two systems" and also about
the human rights situation in Hong Kong. The CCP regime has never shown any sincerity toward "one country, two
systems." I was still a junior middle school student in China when the CCP
first proposed the idea of "one country, two systems." Our teacher
explained to us in straightforward language what "one country, two
systems" meant: it was to deceive the enemy, and once Hong Kong was
returned to us, we could then change the "two systems" to "one
system," and then all would be under the banner of socialism. Naturally,
all of us at the time were happy to hear this explanation. Although that seemed
to be a school teacher's personal opinion, it was in fact a common point of view
fed to the people by the CCP. Not many people believed that the CCP, which
always goes back on its word, held any sincerity in implementing "one
country, two systems." Some people joked that the agreement the CCP signed
to ensure Hong Kong would remain unchanged for 50 years was a mistake by a
"decimal point," that it was 5.0, not 50 years that Hong Kong was to
remain unchanged. Indeed, since Hong Kong was handed over to the Chinese Communist regime, we
have seen over the years that the CCP regime has restricted people's freedom so
that they could export their political movements in Mainland China directly into
Hong Kong. However, what the CCP did not expect was that the people of Hong Kong
had experienced life in a free society, and the people in Hong Kong understand
quite well the CCP's dictatorship. They have put up an indomitable fight
against CCP control the years. Falun Gong practitioners in Hong Kong, in order
to safeguard their freedom of belief, have also constantly appealed to the
international community, calling on just forces in the international community
to help stop the CCP's suppression of human rights in Hong Kong, including the
notorious Article 23 of the Basic Law (draft of a national security law) that
the CCP tried so hard to enact to pave the way to extend the persecution of
Falun Gong into Hong Kong. On July 1, 2003, the sixth anniversary of the
handover of Hong Kong to China, 500,000 people took to the streets in the summer
heat to protest Article 23. The turnout was much bigger than anticipated and
shocked the CCP most severely. It is clear to all that it is due to the efforts
of the people of Hong Kong themselves that Hong Kong still enjoys a certain
degree of freedom. What is laughable is that the CCP shamelessly glorifies itself by citing the
freedom the people in Hong Kong have fought to maintain. In recent days, the
mouthpiece of the CCP published articles boasting of Hong Kong's achievements
saying, "Since Hong Kong was returned to China, there has been an increase
in protest parades, even large-scale protest parades... which is an important
demonstration of the success of "one country, two systems" in Hong
Kong." However, when we see how the CCP forced Hong Kong to carry out this
large-scale repatriation of Falun Gong practitioners, we cannot help but wonder
what role the CCP is playing in terms of safeguarding the freedom of Hong Kong. July 1, 2007 Posting date: 7/6/2007 |